‘Se­vere’ pain side­lines Gaga

Lady Gaga has been hos­pi­tal­ized and has dropped out of the Rock in Rio mu­sic fes­ti­val in Brazil, cit­ing “se­vere phys­i­cal pain” and post­ing a photo of what re­sem­bles an IV in her arm. The singer-song­writer, 31, wrote on Twit­ter that she had to take care of her body and asked fans for their “grace and un­der­stand­ing.” Her rep­re­sen­ta­tives said Thurs­day that Gaga was suf­fer­ing from “se­vere phys­i­cal pain” that af­fected her abil­ity to per­form and was un­der the care of “ex­pert med­i­cal pro­fes­sion­als.” It wasn’t clear what she was suf­fer­ing from or where she was be­ing treated.